“You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.”
Source: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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American children's writer 1964Related quotes
§ IV
1910s, At the Feet of the Master (1911)
Context: Of all the Qualifications, Love is the most important, for if it is strong enough in a man, it forces him to acquire all the rest, and all the rest without it would never be sufficient. Often it is translated as an intense desire for liberation from the round of births and deaths, and for union with God. But to put it in that way sounds selfish, and gives only part of the meaning. It is not so much desire as will, resolve, determination. To produce its result, this resolve must fill your whole nature, so as to leave no room for any other feeling. It is indeed the will to be one with God, not in order that you may escape from weariness and suffering, but in order that because of your deep love for Him you may act with Him and as He does. Because He is Love, you, if you would become one with Him, must be filled with perfect unselfishness and love also.
In daily life this means two things; first, that you shall be careful to do no hurt to any living thing; second, that you shall always be watching for an opportunity to help.
First, to do no hurt. Three sins there are which work more harm than all else in the world — gossip, cruelty, and superstition — because they are sins against love. Against these three the man who would fill his heart with the love of God must watch ceaselessly.
Second Homily, as translated by John Burnaby (1955), p. 274
Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John (414)
“Whoever loves you now—and you must also love yourself—will love the truth of you.”
Source: Clockwork Angel
“Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must.”
Variant: Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you'll never run out.
Source: My Name Is Memory
“You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.”
“It must be fun to be you
And play with love as you do”
"It Must Be Fun To Be You"
Mexican Hayride (1944)
Context: It must be fun to be you
And play with love as you do
To treat each new romance
As merely one more dance
Or just another book to glance through
It must be fun to acquire
Whatever heart you desire,
And when you're bored with it
To tear it in two,
It must be fun to be you.
“You love new boyfriend?"
"I think so. Yes."
"Then you must spoil him. And he must spoil you.”
Source: Eat, Pray, Love